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noun
1.
the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
2.
power; authority; control: He has jurisdiction over all American soldiers in the area.
3.
the extent or range of judicial, law enforcement, or other authority: This case comes under the jurisdiction of the local police.
4.
the territory over which authority is exercised: All islands to the northwest are his jurisdiction.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English < Latin jūris dictiōn- stem of jūris dictiō (see jus, diction); replacing Middle English jurediccioun < Old French juredicion < Latin, as above
1250–1300; Middle English < Latin jūris dictiōn- stem of jūris dictiō (see jus, diction); replacing Middle English jurediccioun < Old French juredicion < Latin, as above
Related forms
ju·ris·dic·tion·al, adjective
ju·ris·dic·tive, adjective
ju·ris·dic·tion·al·ly, adverb
pre·ju·ris·dic·tion, noun
su·per·ju·ris·dic·tion, noun
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Example Sentences
- Judgment upon any award rendered may be entered in the highest court of the forum, state or federal, having jurisdiction.
- The scope of universal jurisdiction is disputed.
- The ethics commission, however, dismissed the complaint for lack of jurisdiction.
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Word Origin & History
jurisdiction
c.1300 "administration of justice" (attested from 1267 in Anglo-L.), from L. jurisdictionem (nom. jurisdictio) "administration of justice, jurisdiction," from jus (gen. juris; see jurist) "right, law" + dictionem (nom. dictio) "a saying." Meaning "extent or range of administrative
EXPANDpower" is from c.1380.
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